prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to laugh away; to laugh off
funny story; funny anecdote
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
elementary level; beginner level
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to continue (going along some trend)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
accumulation; accumulate; store
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
largest class; top category
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
material; substance; matter
electricity; (electric) light
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome